Responsibilities & Activities

The CEE Executive Committee is responsible for the governance of NCTE's Conference on English Education guides the affairs of the Conference. All Executive Committee members serve four-year terms. The Chair of the CEE Executive Committee is automatically a voting member of the NCTE Executive Committee. Candidates agree not to campaign during the election process.

Time Commitment: CEE Executive Committee members meet for an all-day meeting the Thursday of the NCTE Annual Convention every year. They typically join each other for the Opening Banquet at the NCTE Annual Convention, they do attend the CEE Luncheon and CEE General Membership meeting on Friday of the Convention, and are invited to the College Forum Event and Reception on Friday night of the Convention. The CEE Colloquium, a major program event for CEE, is held on the Monday of the NCTE Annual Convention, and all CEE EC members are expected to attend. No other face-to-face meetings are regularly scheduled, but special purpose or project meetings are possible. Occasional work via e-mail, listservs, or telephone conference call will be required through the course of the year, but ordinarily this will not exceed two hours a month. More extensive online working time will be required during the convention program review period in mid to late January.

NOTE: CEE Executive Committee members who would like to serve on other NCTE commissions and standing committees, executive committees of other conferences, or NCTE Section committees during their tenure on the CEE Executive Committee should refer to NCTE Policy on Multiple Roles of Council Leaders.

Note to potential candidates: The initial deadline for receipt of written confirmation agreeing to be a candidate and return of biographical statement and photo is January 10 of each year. If confirmation is received by this date candidate names will be included in the announcement to the NCTE membership in the April English Education and on the NCTE Web site. If confirmation has not been received by this date, the position will be publicly listed as "to be announced."

January 31 is the final deadline for submission of the final slate for the ballot. All candidates must have submitted written confirmation by this date.